Discretionary Days. The Employer recognizes the need for employees to balance obligation inside and outside the workplace. The use of Discretionary Days is designed to promote a healthy workforce by helping employees manage family, community, religious and social commitments outside the workplace.
(a) An employee who has completed three (3) months of employment is allowed up to four (4) Discretionary Days per calendar year, to be used for personal or family obligations or religious holidays. The number of days available will be prorated based on normal working hours for part-time staff.
(b) Discretionary Days up to the limits outlined in Article 18.08 (a) are paid at one hundred percent (100%) of salary.
(c) Discretionary Days are not authorized or approved when they occur during the same time period as vacations, maternity or parental leaves or any other leave, paid or unpaid, which has already been scheduled.
(d) Any personal, or family-related absence beyond the limits established in Article 18.08 (a), will not be paid, unless the Manager approves the use of vacation or lieu time.
(e) An employee who wishes to use a Discretionary Day for reasons other than family illnesses or emergencies must advise their Supervisor at least five
(f) Employees will not be permitted to use Discretionary Days other than for family illnesses or emergencies or religious holidays when operational requirements will be compromised. Employees are encouraged to give as much notice as possible for religious holidays.
Discretionary Days. Up to ten (10) days of accumulated sick leave in each year may be used by the employee as discretionary days. The immediate supervisor or designee shall approve any request for discretionary leave unless the purpose of the leave is for a work action against the District, any other employer, or for course units toward salary placement credit.
Discretionary Days. Full-time employees shall be eligible to receive four (4) discretionary personal days thirty-two (32 hours) each calendar year. Casual employees shall be eligible to receive two (2) discretionary personal days (4 hours per day) each calendar year. These days may be used in scheduling time off for any purpose, including illness, appointments, care of family members, observance of religious holidays, etc. This time shall be taken as a whole day (eight (8) hours Full-time, four
Discretionary Days. Up to six (6) discretionary days at the PK-8 level, and up to seven (7) discretional days at the 9-12/Adult level. These discretionary days are to be used at District discretion (e.g., additional student, parent-teacher conference and/or in-service days; and/or other school purposes). These days may be scheduled as full days, or as partial days scheduled in blocks of time equating to a teacher standard workday as defined in Article 8.
Discretionary Days. The sick Leave Bank will be limited to 310 days maximum with a minimum number of days being 210. If the number of days fall below 210, employees will be asked to contribute additional days.
A. Discretionary Paid Leave Each certified full time employee of USD 243 shall be credited with 12 days of discretionary paid leave per year, (unless additional days are given for years of service as per negotiated agreement) and may be used for discretionary leave, with administrative approval. The unused portion (maximum of 10 days) of which shall accumulate to a maximum of eighty (80) days. Building principal/or district level staff designee will secure a substitute for sick leave days only. Teachers who are requesting a day in advance will secure their own substitute.
Discretionary Days. 1. Each teacher will be entitled to a total of thirteen (13) discretionary days.
2. In making deductions for days absent beyond individual leave banks, length of contract will be divided into the amount of contract for arriving at a daily rate. ***Upon board representative approval, substitute rate may be used for catastrophic incidents.
3. The Board will pay the teacher 100% of substitute teacher rate for up to 5 unused discretionary leave days. The amount will be paid the following June based on the current year’s substitute rate for teachers who remain in the employment of the district. The teacher may request for these days to be paid with the board office by June 1. All days will be transferred to the individual leave bank otherwise.
4. Discretionary leave will be granted unless the teacher’s presence at school on that day sought for leave is essential to the efficient operation of the school district.
5. Staff members may transfer his/her days to another staff member in case of catastrophic incidents. Written requests for transfer must be approved and include; Reason for Transfer; Signatures of Donor, Recipient, and Board Representative.
6. Teachers are limited to (5) consecutive days without a doctor's note or written approval from the Board of Education’s designee.
Discretionary Days. 25 The Member will be allowed to utilize up to four (4) days in a two year period of 26 Personal Necessity Leave days at his/her own discretion upon the following
Discretionary Days. A. Employees shall be entitled to use two (2) days of personal necessity leave annually during which he/she may be absent from his/her regular assigned duties for discretionary "no-tell" reasons. The member/employee need not disclose the reason, but simply xxxx Discretionary Leave.
B. Effective with the 2020-2021 fiscal year, employees shall be entitled to use three (3) days of personal necessity leave annually during which he/she may be absent from his/her regular assigned duties for discretionary "no-tell" reasons.
Discretionary Days. Effective January 1, 2017, each non-probationary employee who is active prior to July 1 of that year, will be allocated two (2) Discretionary days (which are unpaid) per calendar year. Discretionary days may be used on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. Discretionary days will be automatically designated unless an Excused Absence as defined in Section 2 is used. Employees will receive payment for each unused Discretionary day at eight (8) hours times the employee’s regular straight time rate in January of the following year.
Discretionary Days. Employees may receive up to two discretionary leave days per year based on the following conditions:
a) The employee has accumulated at least one hundred (100) days of sick leave at the time he/she requests a discretionary day.
b) The employee has used four or fewer sick and discretionary days during the previous school year. Request must be submitted as far as possible in advance of the date the teacher wishes such discretionary day to begin, but in no event less than 48 hours in advance of the requested discretionary day, except in the case of an emergency.
c) The employee surrenders three (3) accumulated sick days in order to receive one discretionary day.
